Help reading 1891 Leighton Buzz. workhouse census please

[tilly56]

Could someone with better eyesight than I have - and maybe a better magnifying glass too!! - please have a look at the following entry in the 1891 census :

Elizabeth Ann Lancaster
Age 36  born abt 1855  Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England 
Inmate at Leighton Buzzard Workhouse

She is listed with her children Edith, Harold and Elsie.

In the end column (Deaf and Dumb etc) - there is a word that I cannot read at all - the same word is in the second entry (William Adams).

Many thanks

Hilary

[Necromancer]

It says 'Union' - are those kids 2 month old twins - I guess it means they were born in the workhouse !

[tilly56]

Hello Newf

That was quick!  Yes they were twins, but Elsie died age 1 - they were illegitimate, too, as Elizabeth's father died four years earlier...........

Next question - what does "union" mean? 

Many thanks for your help

Hilary

[Necromancer]

Union Workhouse - as in Poor Law Union

Google or Search RootsChat for more info on the Union Workhouses .....